Biographical and critical miscellanies
By: by William H. Prescott.
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott
Published: 1873
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 729
Subjects: Literature -- History and criticism.; Authors.
Notes: "With a single exception ... contributions originally made to the North American review."--Pref.
Table of contents: title: Charles Brockden Brown, the American novelist.; title: Asylum for the blind.; title: Irving's Conquest of Granada.; title: Cervantes.; title: Sir Walter Scott.; title: Chateaubriand's English literature.; title: Bancroft's United States.; title: Madame Calderon's Life in Mexico.; title: Moliere.; title: Italian narrative poetry.; title: Poetry and romance of the Italians.; title: Scottish song.; title: Da Ponte's Observations.; title: Ticknor's History of Spanish literature.